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 103 STAT. 2460 PUBLIC LAW 101-239—DEC. 19, 1989 Effective date. 42 USC 603. 42 USC 608 note. State and local governments. 42 USC 603 note. 42 USC 608 note. 42 USC 608 note. Reports. 42 USC 608 note. "(B) the total amount of aid paid for the fiscal year under all State plans approved under this part. "(4) CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION RATE.—The term 'child sup- port collection rate', with respect to a State for a fiscal year, means the ratio of— "(A) the sum of the number of cases reported by the agency administering the State plan approved under part D for each quarter in the fiscal year for which— "(i) an assignment was made under section 402(a)(26); and "(ii) a collection was made under the State's plan approved under part D; to "(B) the sum of the number of cases reported by such agency for each quarter in the fiscal year under which an assignment was made under section 402(a)(26). "(5) NATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION RATE.— The term 'national child support collection rate' for a fiscal year means the ratio of— "(A) the sum of the number of cases described in para- graph (4)(A) reported by all States for quarters in the fiscal year; to "(B) the sum of the number of cases described in para- graph (4)(B) reported by all States for quarters in the fiscal year. "(6) ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS. —The term 'erroneous payments' means the sum of overpayments to eligible families and pay- ments to ineligible families made in carrying out a plan ap- proved under this part.". (b) CONFORMING REPEALS.— Effective October 1, 1990, subsections (i) and (j) of section 403 are hereby repealed. (c) APPLICABILTTY OF NEW QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM. —The amend- ment made by subsection (a) shall apply to erroneous pa3mients made in any fiscal year after fiscal year 1990. (d) No SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO DISALLOWANCES BEFORE FISCAL YEAR 1991. — No disallowance or other similar sanction shall be applied to a State for any fiscal year before fiscal year 1991 under section 403(i) of the Social Security Act or any predecessor statutory or regulatory provision relating to disallowances for erroneous pay- ments made in carrying out a State plan approved under part A of title IV of such Act. (e) IMPLEMENTATION. — The Secretary of Health and Human Serv- ices shall take all actions necessary to assure that adequate num- bers of staff are available to perform the functions required by the amendments made by this section. (f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv- ices shall annually submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on whether the time periods contained in the regulations prescribed pursuant to section 408 of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (a)) have been or will be met. The first such report shall be submitted not later than January 1, 1992. (g) STUDY OF NEGATIVE CASE ACTIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL. —Not later than October 1, 1992, the Sec- retary of Health and Human Services shall report and make recommendations to the Congress on the results of a study of negative case actions under the program of aid to families with

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